Idioms and phrasal verbs

Adjectives
Nouns
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phrasal verb: to accept a situation or a particular type of behaviour

to stand for something

100

not being definite, possibly due to the need to change later

tentative

100

a person whose job it is to make sure rules are followed or a discussion is fair

mediator

200

phrasal verb: to start feeling comfortable somewhere

to settle in

200

having existed for a long time and therefore difficult to change

ingrained

200

something that places the limits of the freedom of something

constraint

300

Idiom: to complain about something insistively and usually publicly

to make a stink

300

slowly spreading to affect a large area or all parts of something

pervasive

300

a careful examination of yourself and why you think, act or behave in a certain way

introspection

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